What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tullanacorra is a raised circular area, about 41m across, defined by an earthen bank and outside fosse in County Mayo. It sits on a low rise with views along a stream valley, has a probable SE entrance gap, erosion breaks from farm stock, hawthorn around it, and an open grassy interior where a shallow depression and protruding slab suggest a hidden passage. People may have lived, hidden or worshipped there before pasture and tracks changed its edges.

In improved pasture, located on a low rise with good views, especially along a stream valley to W-SW. Ground falls gently for c. 50m to NE towards another stream/drain. Raised circular area (diam. 41m N–S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5m at E, 4m at W; int. H 0.3m at E, 0.85m at W; ext. H 1.7m at E, 2.2m at W), outside which it is enclosed by a fosse (Wth c. 3m). The fosse is visible as a shallow depression, truncated at the E–SE by a farm track. The interior slopes slightly down to NE–E from a slightly raised central area. To W of centre, there is a Man-made underground passage (MA071-112001-), evident as a shallow surface depression with a large slab protruding from the WSW end. A gap (Wth c. 2m) in the bank to SE probably marks the original entrance to the rath. It is now blocked by a later field wall. There are several erosion breaks in the bank caused by farm stock, including one to N (Wth 2m) and one to E (Wth 1.6m). The rath is moderately ringed with hawthorn trees; the interior is open and grassy. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 24 August 2021

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